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Re: help me!!!

Stress: is the power that we put on the syllable to make it longer and stronger , i.e. to make the syllable prominent distinguished.

There are four items decide the place of stress:*Grammar : lexical & functional word.*Word class .*Number of syllables.*Morphology : simple & complex.

Lexical & Functional Words

Almost the functional words are weakened. But in four situation they are given stress :* If they are at the end of the sentence:e.g. It is 'you.*When they are contrasted :e.g. It is from 'him not to 'him..*When they are emphasis :e.g. Itís 'him who told me.*When they are cited or quoted:e.g. You never put ď'andĒ at the end of a sentence.

Word class & Number of syllable:-

The word with a syllable:- is stressed .

Words with two syllables :-

_ Verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, nouns : if the final syllable is having long vowel or diphthong or ends with more than one consonant, we get it stress . If itís not; check the syllable before.e.g. 'doctora'long

Words with three syllables :-

_ Verb , adverb : start checking the final syllable, if it is having long vowel ordiphthong or ends with more than one consonant, we get it stress . If itís not; check the syllable before._ Nouns , adjective : start checking the first syllable, if it is having long vowel ordiphthong or ends with more than one consonant, we get it stress . If itís not ; check the next syllable.

_ Some words end with the suffixes below , count three syllable from the end of the word, the third is stressed (antipenttimate):

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Compound Word:-

The general rule is the first element carry the stress . But sometimes thestress moves to the second element :_ If the first element is a number.e.g. four-'wheels._ If the first element is adjective and the second ends with (ed).e.g. bad-'tempered. _ If the compound word is functioned as an adverb.e.g. South-'East._ If the compound word is functioned as a verb.e.g. ill-'treat.